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Have you ever had to calculate production attachment ranges (e.g. PRODBEGATT and PRODENDATT fields) manually? Perhaps the production software you used did not calculate these fields for you, or the production specifications changed and you had to add these fields after the fact. While the calculation is usually straightforward, things can get a bit more …

Most legal professionals regularly handle electronic evidence in one form or another. Even if you are not an e-Discovery or computer forensics expert, there are steps you can take to make sure you are not spoiling electronic evidence. Most of us are aware of the fact that opening a file usually changes file metadata as …

Subsequent to releasing our Concordance® load file (.DAT) to Concordance Database (.DCB) CPL last week (original post), we have received a few questions regarding Concordance field naming conventions. Concordance field types and field naming requirements are as follows: Concordance Field Naming Requirements Field names have to: As of this writing, a Concordance database can contain …

LexisNexis Concordance® is currently one of the most popular discovery management software and many service providers and legal departments deal with Concordance Load Files on a regular basis. In some cases, the Concordance load file is received without an accompanying database structure. Unless there is an existing database that the load file will be imported …

Meridian Discovery has announced the release of its new near-duplicate identification technology Proksimiti. Proksimiti is a scalable, distributed near duplicate identification system that can process large volumes of documents extremely quickly and accurately with the ability to visualize the results in an intuitive and appealing manner. Proksimiti provides significant time and cost savings during document …